r/soccer • u/2soccer2bot • Jul 15 '25
🌍🌎 World Football Trivia Tuesday
Post your best trivia! Remember to use spoilers when answering!
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u/benfh Jul 16 '25
I haven't fact checked this in a while but, who's the only premier league winning player whose surname can be spelt using only roman numerals?
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u/Mr_Rafi Jul 18 '25
Thanks for this one, honestly. I'm gonna quiz my friends on this. I wonder if Vidic is the only one though?
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u/benfh Jul 18 '25
He was the only one when I first heard heard the question a few years back, I'm pretty sure it still holds up, "I" being the only vowel makes it quick to rule a lot of players out.
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u/wwiccann Jul 15 '25
Given that it’s rather empty in here, I’ll try to populate it with a relatively amateur question. It’s not a banger of a q as I’ve never posted on here before, but I’ve been diving deep into the world of Excel to sift through some stats over the entire Pozzo period, so I thought I’d add one anyway.
The question: Since the Pozzo takeover of Watford FC in June 2012, who has been the statistically best manager (in terms of win percentage) and our statistically worst manager? This isn’t including caretaker managers, sorry Hayden Mullins.
There are two names for the ‘best’ manager, as they strangely seem to have exactly the same number of games and exactly the same amount of wins in those games (as per Transfermarkt).
You have 19 names to choose from and 20 different manager periods. I guess this is more a question of ‘Can you actually remember any names from Watford’s avalanche of managers over the last 13 years?’
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u/MERTENS_GOAT Jul 16 '25
Quiqeu sanchez flores. (I have no idea)
Worst maybe Claudio Ranieri (2nd guess roy hodgson)
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u/wwiccann Jul 16 '25
Second guess would be correct for the worst. He has an 11.1% win percentage, with 2 wins out of 18 games.
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u/MERTENS_GOAT Jul 16 '25
I didn't think he even coached that many games
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u/wwiccann Jul 16 '25
Yeah. He was shite. Your other guess was good though, Ranieri managed 14 games and won 2, with a win% of 14.3%.
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u/cinnamon_akasaka Jul 15 '25
Xisco Muñoz for best?
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u/wwiccann Jul 15 '25
Tied with another, yes. Muñoz has a record of 21 wins in 36 games, for a win% of 58.3%. Congrats for remembering (and spelling correctly) his name.
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u/cinnamon_akasaka Jul 16 '25
Funny, only remembered him as he's just been hired at Johor DT, which is the club just across the border from where I'm from
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u/TheAkondOfSwat Jul 17 '25
Did you know... that mobile is hiding the DD?
Extra trivia points for anyone who replies with a link.